This is an experimental version!
This alpha does NOT contain all of Perspective's features.
Config files and addons made for versions below 1.3 alpha 13 will not be compatible.
You won't be able to edit the config via the gui (unless you have McQoy, though we'll have our own gui again soon)

• Added Zoom Overlays
  • You can currently set between perspective_lens:none and perspective_lens:spyglass in the config file.
• Updated Zoom Transitions
  • Transition Speed is now in the transition instead of the zoom instance.
  • Added perspective_lens:instant transition type.
• Reimplemented HideHud for Hold Perspective and Zoom.
• Reimplemented UI Background
  • Here's the identifiers to set in the config (config screens are coming back soon, i promise!)
    • perspective_ui:vanilla
      • Doesn't modify rendering.
    • perspective_ui:gaussian
      • Replaces vanilla's box blur with a gaussian blur.
    • perspective_ui:legacy
      • Renders a gradient when in-game, and a dirt background when in menus (excluding the title screen) out of game.
    • perspective_ui:classic
      • Renders a gradient when in-game, and a dirt background when in menus (including the title screen) out of game.
    • perspective_ui:none
      • Removes background rendering from all screens.
  • The new system is a lot more customizable for addon mods now, taking inspiration from my new zoom implementation.

features in this version

don't worry, all of Perspective's features will return.
it's just going to take some time to get everything cleaned up and updated! (you'll need to change the configs via the files for now!)

• Zoom
• Kaleidoscope
• Super Secret Settings (though you can't select it on a gui in this alpha, you can still use keybinds though!)
• Hold and Set Perspective
  • Camera Distance Multipliers
• Title Screen Update Texture
  • perspective:textures/gui/title/update.png (256x128)
• Star Brightness Multiplier
• UI Background

This is an experimental version!
This alpha does NOT contain all of Perspective's features.
Previous config files and addons will not be compatible.
You won't be able to edit the config via the gui (unless you have McQoy, though we'll have our own gui again soon)

• Updated to Minecraft 1.21.11
• Updated Luminance to 1.1.0-beta.2+fabric-1.21.11
• Started working on v2.
  • v2 will split Perspective into multiple sub-mods, with Perspective bundling them together; they'll also be avaliable seperately.
  • This is going to require alot of rewriting, so I've started working on that for v1.3 to allow for most addons to be compatible with both 1.3+ and 2.0+.

features in this version

don't worry, all of Perspective's features will return.
it's just going to take some time to get everything cleaned up and updated!

• Zoom
• Kaledescope
• Super Secret Settings (though you can't select it on a gui in this alpha, you can still use keybinds though!)
• Hold and Set Perspective
  • Camera Distance Multipliers
• Title Screen Update Texture
  • perspective:textures/gui/title/update.png (256x128)
• Star Brightness Multiplier

• Updated Luminance to 1.1.0-alpha.1+1.21.4-fabric
• Added Date Overlay.
  • Added Date Type config option with perspective:gregorian and perspective:moon_phases values.
• Updated Config Splash Texts
• Added Overlay Variables
• Updated Overlays
• Added Armour Overlay
• Added Looking At Overlay
• Added Kalidescope
• Updated Perspective's Toast
• This version is a Fabric only version, it probably will still work on Quilt

See Luminance:ResourcePackGuide/Perspective for info on how to create custom shader packs.

F.A.Q

• When will Perspective be updated for 1.21.10?
  • 1.21.5+ contains a lot of rendering changes. Luminance (our shader renderer) will be updated first. This may take some time. I am looking to split Perspective up in future to allow for specific features to be used separately, however this is a long-term goal.

• Updated Luminance to alpha.6+dirty.
  • This is a developer build of Luminance, you may experience bugs.
• Added Perspective Shader Packs
  • Shader Packs are a new resource pack feature that allows you to stack several Luminance shaders.
  • Perspective automatically adds Luminance shaders as shader packs.
  • Where Perspective used to use Luminance shaders, it will now use Shader Packs.
• Added Textured Entity Shader Packs.
  • You can specify a shader pack for spectating textured entities.
  • minecraft:sheep with the name jeb_ will render the minecraft:wobble shader if Super Secret Settings resource pack is enabled.
  • minecraft:allay will render perspective:golden_allay when named Golden, or perspective:blue_allay when unnamed.
  • minecraft:vex will render perspective:golden_vex when named Golden, or perspective:blue_vex when unnamed.
• Added Perspective Config button to Video Settings screen.
• Shaders, and Shader Packs no longer have to specify if they are translatable.
• Various updates to April Fools, and Contributor features.

See Luminance:ResourcePackGuide/Perspective for info.

F.A.Q

• When will Perspective be updated for 1.21.5?
  • 1.21.5 changes both shader and entity rendering. This makes the amount of time updating Perspective will take longer. We'll be updating Luminance (our shader renderer) first. If you're just after zoom and hold perspective, a viewpoint release will be released sometime in the next week or so.

• Updated Luminance to alpha.6+dirty.
  • This is a developer build of Luminance, you may experience bugs.
    • If you run this version alongside Space Update, the Shader Selection Screens will display a broken description translation.
      • This is due to Space Update using Luminance 1.0.0-alpha.5.
• Added Perspective Shader Packs
  • Shader Packs are a new resource pack feature that allows you to stack several Luminance shaders.
  • Perspective automatically adds Luminance shaders as shader packs.
  • Where Perspective used to use Luminance shaders, it will now use Shader Packs.
• Added Textured Entity Shader Packs.
  • You can specify a shader pack for spectating textured entities.
  • minecraft:sheep with the name jeb_ will render the minecraft:wobble shader if Super Secret Settings resource pack is enabled.
  • minecraft:allay will render perspective:golden_allay when named Golden, or perspective:blue_allay when unnamed.
  • minecraft:vex will render perspective:golden_vex when named Golden, or perspective:blue_vex when unnamed.
• Added Perspective Config button to Video Settings screen.
• Shaders, and Shader Packs no longer have to specify if they are translatable.
• Various updates to April Fools, and Contributor features.

See Luminance:ResourcePackGuide/Perspective for info.

F.A.Q

• When will Perspective be updated for 1.21.5?
  • 1.21.5 changes both shader and entity rendering. This makes the amount of time updating Perspective will take longer. We'll be updating Luminance (our shader renderer) first. If you're just after zoom and hold perspective, a viewpoint release will be released sometime in the next week or so.

This alpha updates Perspective to Minecraft 1.21.4.

Please Note: Super Secret Settings is disabled in this release whilst we work on Luminance. Additionally, the Luminance build included with this alpha is a development build, expect bugs. (oh and don't enable the debug shader without Luminance: Default resource pack enabled, or your logs will get spammed.)

Changelog

• Updated Config Version to 23.

Features

• Added appearance dataloader.
  • You can change your skin using a resource pack! (Other players will also require Perspective and the same resource pack)
• Added Textured Entity Item Group.
  • Note: If you change your resource packs in-world, you will need to re-log for the item group to register those changes.
• Added Perspective: Extended Resource Pack.
  • Disabled by default.

Super Secret Settings

• Disabled Super Secret Settings.
  • We're currently working on Luminance, and will be overhauling Perspective's shader rendering in the next alpha!

Appearance

• Located at: namespace:appearance/<name>.json.
• uuid (String, Required)
• slim (boolean, Optional, Defaults to false)
• texture (Stringified Identifer, Optional, Defaults to namespace:textures/appearance/<name>.png)
• enabled (boolean, Optional, Defaults to true)

Textured Entity

• The following entities are no longer compatible:
  • Boats, TNT, and Firework Rockets.
  • Note: Players, and Ender Dragon are already incompatible.
• Added minecraft:creaking compatibility.
  • The emissive eyes texture should be named minecraft:textures/textured_entity/minecraft/creaking/<name>_emissive.png.
    • or alternatively use _emissive as the suffix in overrides.
• Added item_group (boolean, Optional, Defaults to true) to dataloader. (when set to false, the spawn egg will not be added to the item group; this is used by the Taylor minecraft:fox Textured Entity shh that one's a secret)
• Added flip (boolean, Optional, Defaults to false) to the dataloader.
  • Flips the entity upside down when enabled. (When used on an entity named Dinnerbone, they'll be flipped back the right way!)
• Updated enabled in the dataloader.
  • If set to disabled, textured entities of that type and name in resources below will be disabled.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed time overlay.
  • When set to 12 hour style, 12:00am was rendered as 012:00am.
• CPS will only be processed when required.
  • CPS was always checked in the previous alpha, the overlay is now required to be active.

Experimental

• Removed ambience experiment.
  • I have decided that focus should remain on Textured Entity, and Shaders for 1.3. This experiment will return when we hit beta (also falling leaves won't be added as they are now in the vanilla game).

Resource Packs

Perspective: Default

• Removed Shaders.
  • Don't worry! These shaders are now located in Luminance: Default. We're just allowing other mods to use our shaders without having to use Perspective!
• Added Oliver minecraft:pig Textured Entity.
  • Oliver is based on the Muddy Pig from Minecraft Earth!
• Added Carton minecraft:shulker Textured Entity.
  • Carton looks like a cardboard box!

Perspective: Extended

• Replaced the default cave spider texture.
  • Cave Spiders now have green eyes! (Fun fact: We use the Textured Entity system to replace the default texture, as cave spiders and normal spiders usually share their eyes texture!)
• Added plains, stone, deepslate, and dirt minecraft:creeper textured entities.

Known Bugs

• Panoramic Screenshots don't actually save the screenshots.

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This version of Perspective has a dirty build of Luminance embedded into it, so you don't need to install it.

This alpha fixes compatibility with rrls, adds a new cps overlay, smooth zoom speed, and hold perspective distance options.

Changelog

• Updated Config Version to 22.

Overlays

• Added Positional Data Obfuscation.
  • Other mods can tell Perspective to obfuscate co-ords (in the Position Overlay, and the Death Screen Co-Ordinates) using com.mclegoman.perspective.client.util.Position.register("modId");.
  • When one or more mods have done this, Perspective rendered co-ords will be replaced with "?".
• Added cps_overlay boolean config option.
  • Defaults to false.
  • When enabled, the cps will be added to the overlays. (using the format Left:Middle:Right)

Hold Perspective

• Added hold_perspective_back_multiplier double config option.
  • Defaults to 1.0.
  • Set how far away the camera is when using Hold Perspective: Back.
• Added hold_perspective_front_multiplier double config option.
  • Defaults to 1.0.
  • Set how far away the camera is when using Hold Perspective: Front.

Zoom

• Added zoom_smooth_speed_out double config option.
  • Defaults to 1.0.
  • Set how fast the smooth zoom transition is when zooming out.
• Added zoom_smooth_speed_in double config option.
  • Defaults to 1.0.
  • Set how fast the smooth zoom transition is when zooming in.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed compatibility with Remove Reloading Screen.
  • If the camera entity doesn't exist, we shouldn't be zooming.

Experimental

Ambience

• Added ambience boolean experimental config option.
  • When enabled, ambience features made for Perspective 1.4 will be enabled.
  • Defaults to false.
• Added ripple_density int config option.
  • Requires ambience experimental config option to be set to true.
  • Defaults to 0.
• Added falling_leaves int config option.
  • Requires ambience experimental config option to be set to true.
  • Defaults to 0.

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This version of Perspective has a dirty build of Luminance embedded into it, so you don't need to install it.

Perspective 1.3.0-alpha.8 for 1.21.1

This alpha release revamps overlays, adds more ui background customizability, improves textured entity, and adds a new Halloween event!

Important: If you use the Hide Nametags option, this release fixes a bug that would set Hide Players to true alongside Hide Nametags on startup. Reset your config or adjust Hide Players if desired.

You will need to manually install Luminance for this version as it wasn't embedded.
The latest dirty version has been included on this page.

Changelog

• Updated Config Version to 21.

Overlays

• Added biome_overlay boolean config option.
  • Defaults to false.
  • When enabled, the current biome's name will be added to the overlays.
• Added time_overlay String config option.
  • Defaults to false.
  • Valid Options: false, twelve_hour, twenty_four_hour.
  • When set to twelve_hour or twenty_four_hour, the current game time will be added to the overlays in the set format.

UI Background

• Merged UI Background and Title Screen Background.
  • Developer Note: Whilst this does remove the option to only have a dirt screen, this functionality can be re-added through use of third-party mods.
• Added none UI Background.
  • This will not render anything in menu backgrounds (except for the panorama).
• Added classic UI Background.
  • This ui background is almost identical to legacy, but also changes the title screen to have a dirt background.
• Added UIBackground.registerUIBackground(UIBackgroundData data) function.
  • This function was added to allow third-party mods to add UI Backgrounds without having to use mixins.
• Replaced new UIBackgroundData(...); with new UIBackgroundData.Builder(Identifier identifier).build();.
  • NOTE: This feature is for third-party mod developers.
  • This new builder simplifies the process of making new UI Backgrounds.
  • This builder contains the following functions:
    • .renderWorld(UIBackground.Runnable renderWorld)
      • This optional runnable will be executed when a menu is opened if in a world.
    • .renderMenu(UIBackground.Runnable renderMenu)
      • This optional runnable will be executed when a menu is opened if not in a world.
    • .renderTitleScreen(UIBackground.Runnable renderTitleScreen)
      • This optional runnable will be executed when on the title screen.
    • .renderTitleScreenPanorama(boolean renderPanorama)
      • If set to false, the panorama will not be rendered on the title screen.
      • Defaults to true.
    • .renderPanorama(boolean renderPanorama)
      • If set to false, the panorama will not be rendered on menu screens. (NOTE: This doesn't include the Title Screen.)
      • Defaults to true.
    • .renderShader(boolean renderShader)
      • If set to false, the shaderId shader will not be rendered on menu screens.
      • Defaults to true.
    • .shaderId(Identifier shaderId)
      • This sets the shader that replaces the menu blur shader.
      • Defaults to null.
        • When set to null, the game uses the default blur shader.
    • .renderDarkening(boolean renderDarkening)
      • If set to false, menu darkening is disabled.
      • Defaults to true.
  • Make sure to finish with .build();.
  • Don't forget to add it to the registry: UIBackground.registerUIBackground(new UIBackgroundData.Builder("example").build());
  • You should also name your ui background in the translation files with this key: "gui.perspective.config.ui_background.type.example"

Shaders

• Updated perspective:gaussian shader.
  • The shader was not blending correctly before.

Entities

• Added capes to the following entities: minecraft:armor_stand, minecraft:zombie, minecraft:drowned, minecraft:husk, minecraft:zombie_villager, minecraft:skeleton, minecraft:wither_skeleton, minecraft:bogged, minecraft:stray, minecraft:witch, minecraft:villager, minecraft:giant, minecraft:pillager, minecraft:evoker, minecraft:illusioner, minecraft:vindicator, minecraft:wandering_trader, minecraft:cow, minecraft:mooshroom, minecraft:enderman, minecraft:chicken, minecraft:fox.
  • By default, their texture is blank.
  • This can also be set via the textured entity system.
  • This will be rendered separately from elytras.
• Entities named MCLegoMan, MCLegoBlock, DanielTayden, or DannyTaylor will be flipped upside down.
  • This has been linked to the "contributors" system, so any contributor that is upside down's id will flip mobs.

• Textured Entity

  • Textured Entities will now get their type from their entity.
  • This means the entity type provided in the dataloader must match that of what the game loads the entity as. (You can check these using the /summon command.)
  • The default texture location has changed to namespace:textures/textured_entity/entity_namespace/entity_type/texture.png
    • Whilst this will break backwards compatibility, this allows us to replace textures in different namespaces.

Events

• Added Halloween Event.
  • Renders a witch hat on all players if it is Halloween or Force Halloween is enabled.
    • Requires Allow Halloween to be enabled.

Resource Packs

• Perspective: Default

  • Added Dummy Armor Stand Textured Entity.
  • Added Cloak Pillager, Evoker, Illusioner, Vindicator, and Witch Textured Entities.

Bug Fixes

• Hide Players config option would be set to true on startup if Hide Nametags was true.
  • If you experienced this bug, make sure to reset your config (or turn Hide Players off) if desired.

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